Henry Yaple Ski Bibliography

Henry M. Yaple, the chief librarian at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., spent 11 years assembling a massive bibliography of skiing. The goal was to list every book, dissertation, film video and piece of software published on skiing, in English, between 1890 and 2002.

The resulting two-volume work, comprising 732 pages, was published by ISHA in 2004. It lists more than 7,000 items.

How to Use Ski Bibliography

Information in Ski Bibliography can be found through multiple access points.

SUBJECT INDEX: There are three subject indices: NORDIC, ALPINE and COMBINED. These indices are located in Volume I, xxiv-xxvi and Volume II, xxxi respectively. Citations in the NORDIC Index are concerned with skis and skiing where the skier's heel is not fixed or attached to the ski. Citations in the ALPINE Index are concerned with skis and skiing where the skier's heel is fixed or attached to the ski. Citations in the COMBINED Index concentrate primarily upon the business or industry of skiing, and may apply either to nordic skiing, alpine skiing or both.

The various sub-categories of the NORDIC, ALPINE and COMBINED indices are derived from the subject matter of the actual works listed. For example, there are works listed under NORDIC/Trails, ALPINE/Lifts, and COMBINED/Market Research.

The entries or citations in Ski Bibliography are numbered consecutively so that each entry has its own discrete or unique number. The numerical range of items are listed for each sub-category in the respective subject indices. For example, NORDIC/Autobiographies covers items 2 through 15. ALPINE/Film covers items 1487 through 2123, and COMBINED/Fiction covers items 4937 through 5166.

NORDIC Bibliography section contains all entries on nordic skiing from item 1 to 1137 in Volume I.

ALPINE Bibliography section contains all entries on alpine skiing from items 1138 to 4372 in Volume I.

COMBINED Bibliography section contains all entries from items 4373 to 7183 in Volume II.

Within the NORDIC, ALPINE, and COMBINED bibliography sections respectively, the subject sub-categories are arranged alphabetically, and the within each sub-category the entries are arranged chronologically by publishing or release date. Within each year, the entries are arranged alphabetically by author or by title if an author is lacking.

SERIALS Bibliography section is arranged alphabetically by title. This section of the bibliography contains entries from items 7,184 to 7,617 in Volume II.

AUTHOR Index contains a list of all authors, editors, illustrators, photographers, producers, directors, writers included in the bibliography. It is arranged alphabetically, and each name carries the number(s) of the citation(s) in the bibliography to which it refers.

TITLE Index contains a list of all titles included in the bibliography. It is arranged alpha-betically, and each title carries the number(s) of the citation(s) to which it refers in the bibliography.

e Primary K Secondary Di Author 1 Title Publication Date Issue
2 Nordic Autobiography Nansen, Fridtjof Sporting Days In Wild Norway: Pages From My Diary 1925 270 p. illus
7023 Combined Winter Sports Lake Placid Club White Season 1925 20 p. illus.
7024 Combined Winter Sports Rankine, Yve M. Winter Sports Do's And Don'ts 1925 vii, 54 p.
7025 Combined Winter Sports White, W. Dustin The Book Of Winter Sports 1925 307, p. illus.
2734 Alpine Mountaineering Lunn, Sir Arnold The Mountains Of Youth 1925 192 p. illus.
6507 Combined Rules of Comp National Ski Association of America International Rules For Ski Competitions: Adopted 1925 1925 39 p.
2162 Alpine Guide Hoek, Henry W. Ski-Tours Round Lenzerheide 1925 61 p.
5277 Combined History Fife, C.W.D. Things Seen In Switzerland In Winter 1925 156 p. illus. map
4299 Alpine Wit & Humor D'Egville, Alan H. S'no Fun 1925 96 p. illus.
3125 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian How To Ski And How Not To 1925 viii, 286 p.
1430 Alpine Equipment Northland Ski Manufacturing Company Northland Skis 1925 48 p. illus.
1494 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Winter Sports In Yosemite National Park 1925? 10 min.
1495 Alpine Film Curry Company, Yosemite National Park Yosemite Ski Way 1925? 11 min.
3127 Alpine Technique Caulfeild, Vivian Ski-ing Turns 1926 illus.
3130 Alpine Technique Lunn, Sir Arnold Ski-ing For Beginners 1926 133 p.
7026 Combined Winter Sports Wroughton, E.H. Concerning Winter Sport 1926
7027 Combined Winter Sports Winter Sports. Special Articles by Arnold Lunn, et. al. 1926 120 p.
2735 Alpine Mountaineering Lunn, Sir Arnold Alpine Ski-ing At All Heights And Seasons 1926 106 p. illus.
1233 Alpine Biography Davis, F.B. A Memorial To "Snow-shoe"Thompson, Hero Of The Sierras 1926 14 p. illus.
5278 Combined History Aurora Ski Club Official Program, Interstate Ski Tournament, Red Wing, Minn 1926 [24] p. illus.
5279 Combined History Fife, C.W.D. Things Seen In Switzerland In Winter 1926 157 p. map
4300 Alpine Wit & Humor Knox, E.V. A Winter Sports Alphabet 1926 1 v. (not paged) illus.
3128 Alpine Technique Furse, Dame Katherine The Great Game 1926? 30 p. illus.
3129 Alpine Technique Furse, Dame Katherine The Great Game 1926? 31 p. illus.
171 Nordic Expedition Bergman, Sten Through Kamchatka By Dogsled And Skis 1927 284 p.